Jason Lowery: Bitcoin is Critical for National Security

This week's Coin Stories features Space Force and MIT National Defense Fellow Jason Lowery
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Bio sourced from LinkedIn.com and Twitter.com:
Jason Lowery is an Air Force veteran and National Defense Fellow researching Bitcoin while pursuing a master's degree in engineering & management through the System Design & Management program jointly offered by MIT's School of Engineering & Sloan School of Management.
You can follow Jason on Twitter at @JasonPLowery
Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction and promo codes
1:53 Jason’s back story and upbringing
3:20 Band camp and Space camp
5:28 Joining the military
11:08 Most surprising aspect of military
13:30 Discovering Bitcoin
17:36 Jason under investigation
20:21 Bitcoin and national security
27:58 Kinetic to electric power projection
36:25 Bitcoin as a military system
45:58 Bitcoin creates frenemies
55:56 Why doesn’t the military get Bitcoin?
57:47 Jason’s Bitcoin drawing
1:05:50 What will US do with Bitcoin?
1:08:26 Military spending
1:13:09 Bitcoin promotes peace
1:14:45 Military track record on new tech
1:22:16 Jason’s biggest question about BTC
1:24:44 Bitcoin is a battery
1:29:05 Space Force Guy
1:31:51 Space Force, the Military and Musk
1:36:34 Explaining BTC for national security
1:39:16 Question from a Marine
1:41:53 What Jason wishes people would ask
1:42:30 Proof of Stake argument
1:50:43 Other crypto to buy Bitcoin
1:51:19 Jason denied for credit
1:53:45 When Jason is going to space
1:54:50 A future of hope

[@saxonalexander3888]

This man should teaching this in every school in America

[@Chuck-be7ed]

Jason Lowery is a Rising Star of freedom.

[@John-wf5if]

Is he? Or is he setting Bitcoin up for attack with his "bitcoin is violence' rhetoric?

[@nolendonovan3821]

@@John-wf5if Whether or not he’s secretly plotting against Bitcoin, it doesn’t matter what we think. It matters what Bitcoin thinks, and Bitcoin doesn’t care

[@codyr2318]

Was honestly stunned by the depth of this man’s thinking. The way he explains his concepts from first principles is refreshing. Reminds me of listening to Michael Saylor.

[@mickeydrago9401]

He and Breedlove are the two emerging dynamic holistic big thinkers of much younger age that could replace Michael Saylor

[@dimebags714]

Mind blowing. One of the best interviews I’ve heard all year.

[@ryancarter8034]

Really was pretty lame interview

[@blackswanops1]

Amazing interview. This man is genius and we need to protect him at all costs. Bitcoin depends on humans like him. Jack Dorsey is another man to protect. Great work nathalie! Appreciate you.

[@mickeydrago9401]

Jack Dorsey is a pathetic censoring left-wing nut bag, And also a great advocate of Bitcoin 🙄

[@ryancarter8034]

That guy is a joke doesn't really know much only what he thinks it will end up but if the American people knew who's behind bitcoin nobody would buy it

[@stoptrudeau42]

Isnt jack dorsey behind the censorship at twitter? Hes part of the problem

[@sanjayaiyar4351]

“Jason, give it all to me. I love it.” 😂🤣

[@BitcoinAndChess]

"THIS IS NOT A NEGOTIATION!" -Bitcoin

[@BJJH2O]

Bitcoin is a bright people magnet!

[@kevintran408]

Jason’s analysis of Bitcoin as THE unit of account is perfection.

[@jonesmatty]

Always love listening to Lowery.

[@fete82]

"There is no distinction between nature and physics on who owns what." Not your keys, not your coins! Great interview, thank you.

[@OliverVelezTrading]

Mind blown AGAIN! 🤯 Truly amazing insights.

[@stanleyyoung6716]

excellent interview and I love the message of hope and optimism at the end - this sums it up beautifully...

[@barakatq]

21:33 Just wow! Explaining why the world we live in looks and works the way is does!

[@TopDownFinance]

This man is a national treasure.

[@dedsummer]

jason is going to be a great ambassador for the bitcoin movement; he already is.

[@moreyouknowcrypto]

Great interview! I appreciate that you allowed Jason to speak his mind without interruption. A lot of valuable information here. The last part of this interview where he speaks about the unit of account is powerful. I think he hit the nail on the head. I also appreciated his take on POS and Ethereum.

[@ConorChepenik]

Jason is the man great interview

[@corycory]

I would like to listen to Jason Lowery and Michael Saylor have a conversation

[@LeadershipAlliance]

Absolutely

[@Chuck-be7ed]

Just imagine for a moment the cost of human blood and treasure that has gone into Proof of War and now imagine putting that energy into the Proof of Work for Bitcoin.

[@AHofmann25]

It is not a negotiation

[@LeadershipAlliance]

Brilliant Interview. Thank You.

[@paqman777yt]

As I was listening to this conversation I kept thinking about an episode of the original Star Trek series. They encountered a planet that was in a perpetual state of warfare only the war was being fought with computers. After each side launched an attack the computer would tabulate the loss of life and in order to avoid physical warfare each side agreed to terminate the number of individuals calculated by the computer. They had removed themselves so far from the horrors of war they had lost the incentive to end it. I think it would be great to incentivize the human race away from the path of self destruction but would prefer we develop a mindfulness such that our tribal nature is no longer understood to be a feature but rather a bug.

[@jeffdonald1791]

Natalie, best interview with Jason I’ve seen. Cheers

[@dennisdonnelly4440]

Great interview! I too have despaired at the nation's political problems. I too think Bitcoin can unite us. I agree with Jason that it is a national security imperative! I too am an engineer and I LOVE Bitcoin. Satoshi Nakamoto will be one of history's anchor points going forward. I am so grateful to him. (*or her or them)

[@stevelim5274]

Natalie this is awesome. Thx for contributing to world peace.

[@cryptofan6937]

Jason should present this idea to the US congress, both chambers.

[@blackbeltfinance4026]

Great interview 👍

[@lordvoldemort1985]

Wow when he said he doesnt do it for the money, he does it for the country. Jason is so cool

[@remcovanwingerden]

Wow, amazing insights! Thanks!

[@MrChuckomatic]

Great interview..jason has a big brain 🧠

[@McMarvin42]

Awesome conversation! I think I only smash bought bitcoin 3 times while listening...

[@betterunderstanding3628]

... this guy's a genius 👏

[@senorgringopapi2059]

Wow I’m from Snellville, GA! And was in the air force and also love bitcoin.

[@MrTonycurry]

I nearly cried about 3 times with an epiphany.

[@tcpwiz1]

Excellent!

[@amarquez808]

SO GOOD.

[@marinatinseattle]

Natalie was ready to propose by the end of the interview.

[@benjmuller1523]

Mindblowing.

[@nodaklojack]

You need to learn more about the CME and the CFTC.

[@bryangibson9367]

Wow this is way underwatched! Jason lowery is kind of like Michael Saylor Jr

[@bryangibson9367]

Great questions too Natalie as always!

[@jl3268]

No.

[@Emerald_Acre_OH]

Thank you so much for this interview! I really enjoyed listening to it. And learned a lot. I started with. BTC in 2009 and really wish I would have been serious with it instead of selling for $0.25/BTC. I could have been rich.

[@darthflyer257]

1:49:57 🔥

[@SirMariusful]

What a mind

[@unclephil6771]

I think Natalie has the hots for Jason. Back to bitcoin...

[@pran10000]

yup, she literally said 'give it all to me' lol....

[@weslee511]

Could he clarify if he suggests the U.S. treasury buy bitcoin...or the Federal Reserve (which is a private non-federal entity...although they now work hand in hand)?

[@hammerlanecrypto2086]

The US government owns more than 214,000 bitcoin received through confiscations. Jason created a thesis to explain to government that it’s the network that is the power. He is presenting his thesis to military leadership and government leaders in hopes the USA keeps mining and holding Bitcoin because it cannot be stopped or controlled.

[@miguelon1995]

#Bitcoin to the 🌕 baby

[@jl3268]

Natalie please interview Dr. Craig Wright from nChain aka Satoshi Nakamoto. ❤

[@Douceeee]

JLowery for president!!💪

[@AXV81]

This is the best interview to ever really The value of this is in BTC not gold 😂

[@westtexashodler2646]

Proof of stake is a copy of the Fiat system.

[@westtexashodler2646]

Unit of account is infinity/21 million.

[@Starchild670]

The Roman empire didn't end in a year, but his point still stands.

[@ty895]

There are exceptions to the technological power projection game that Jason outlines. For example, the Taliban was able to defeat the US without planes, missiles, nuclear weapons etc.

[@peegee2510]

Yes, the Taliban were fighting a Counter-Insurgency against the ‘Western invader’. I can’t help thinking that right now, Bitcoin is fighting a Counter-Insurgency against the legacy FIAT/TradFi systems.

[@bahmak2003]

Lol taliban have lost Afghanistan for ten years because of that! America has controlled oil in Iraq because of that! 😂😂😂 Who do you think won?😂😂

[@omniver]

Jason claims btc can end wars over money, but not wars over physical property. Since physical property can almost always be bought with money, how can a war break out that is not about money? Is there an historic example?

[@edermendoza7578]

Troy , it was for love 💕

[@omniver]

@@edermendoza7578 =) since the war and the city are widely seen as non-historical....perhaps Jason is too bearish!

[@bahmak2003]

@@edermendoza7578 lol Troy is historical fiction!😂😂😂😂

[@SPR77]

👍🏾

[@ImBitcoinBaby]

Yes the NSA have 140,000 from Silk Road.

[@BrianFrenchinternet-marketing]

So many Michael Scott moments.... 1:46:43 TWSS

[@AXV81]

He need to present that tesis ASAP. Rusia its wining now

[@sandymilne224]

If America cares about protecting its economy, that economy needs to have Bitcoin ‘somewhere’ in the defense plan. Future wars will be in cyberspace as well as kinetic and less kinetic if our enemies use cyber warfare against us. With a centralized economy America is at great risk, so it’s important that America underpins its economy with Bitcoin as a defensive strategy.

[@richgilbertson8273]

His friends have a reason to mention cardano and time and artificial intelligence. Disruptive technologies cardano has the ability to evolve. I love Jason here. I just he's not right about everything every time and he's right about cardano being a contender. He said it people in the government are looking at cardano like why not cardano. It's the egalitarian. It's more fair. It's really smart. It's really what. Watch what it has to be all power projection. Jason says well, maybe he's right. I don't know?

[@cesuntbanii]

Some say Jason is a spook because he's saying Bitcoin is a weapon.... paving the way for banning bitcoin because.... it is a weapon. Don't know what to think about Jason.... He's smart, I'll give him that.

[@nick-oi1xf]

Why is it that Jason's argument fly over many bitcoiner's heads?

[@nielsboluijt]

1.23.35

sof un when darlic appear :)

[@cathychi2009]

U dont need to buy btc. U need mstr! It borrows to buy btc even better u know🎉

[@falcon127]

WHAT IF THE SPACE ALIENS ARE SO ADVANCED THAT THEY CONSIDER HUMANS AS JUST ANTS,.AND THEY WANT TO BUILD A ROAD THROUGH SPACE RIGHT OVER EARTH.??? DO HUMANS RELOCATE THE ANT IF THE ANT IS IN THE WAY OF THE ROAD THAT HUMANS ARE BUILDING?

[@21Million]

For a country holding Bitcoin, machine force could take their land, but the country will still exist as a force because of the remaining ownership of Bitcoin. Then it will be a bargaining chip: your Bitcoin to get your land back.

[@jean-pierrep6844]

Organized selection, settlements, farming and domestication created our relationships with non humans

[@EatShiz]

Natalie trying to go viral I see haha. This guy.

[@n1mbusmusic606]

lunar tourism! blue origin! free space settlement!

[@davelewis9795]

I'm surprised the Biden Admin hasn't kicked him out. Too much FREEDOM!!!

[@genecunneely8371]

Less than 1% serve, even less serve and understand bitcoin. He is correct

[@jl3268]

He doesn't even understand if. He didn't ever even speak to the person who created if. Craig Wright. Bitcoin was forked and protocol changed for fraud and will never do what its white paper describes. BSV is the original protocol restored and the real bitcoin.

[@frankkashner64]

What about all the people who said, "We will not win in Afghanistan"? Or, "there are no WMD in Iraq"? Yes, bitcoin could help a lot. but it is time for the oil empire to end. And we don't want bitcoin mining using fossil fuels, or the planet will become uninhabitable.

[@yrp237]

That's the great thing about btc, all miners are by definition incentivized to use the cheapest electricity possible & so those using water, wind, solar & geothermal, gas flares, etc (ie Free) get the largest margins. So the incentives are aligned already....and then, to be as innovative as possible around cheaper options for those places without a free option.

[@randallstephens1680]

Jason, C++ was not invented by an American. C was, but C++ was created by Bjarne Stroustrup who is Danish. Since C++ is, for all intents and purposes, a superset of C, I'm probably splitting hairs, but still...

[@rubenortega6088]

This girl is beautiful, what the bell is BTC?

[@John-wf5if]

Jason is trying to destroy Bitcoin

[@bahmak2003]

Lol id10t😂😂😂😂

[@winstonsmiths2449]

Where do these people get these ideas from? National security? The real purposes of BTC, et al, is: 1. Keep peoples money circulating by funding businesses who service BTC, but know better than to own it. BTC transactions pay fees. 2. TAKE peoples money when it crashes. More people dependent on government. 3. Be a training bra for people to get used to electronic fiat so rolling out government digital wallet and CBDC. The infrastructure is being built on current investors money so no investment or at least much less investment of money will be needed.

[@hammerlanecrypto2086]

You’re confusing bitcoin with crypto. Jason is actually referring to a global decentralized network that eventually every human uses. His thesis has evolved into more than just global currency. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4rGYadol9KJnrc

[@winstonsmiths2449]

@@hammerlanecrypto2086 No I am not! You crypto knights© confuse BTC with real assets! BTC is one of the WORST, most cumbersome cryptos out there. If it were not for the whales and most financial people pumping the stuff, it would have been dead by now. FIAT for FIAT, why is digital a good thing? Until the printing press, digital or other means, is kept in check, CBDC solves nothing, and I would not touch crypto with a ten foot USB cable!

[@bahmak2003]

It’s ok to not know the whole truth of bitcoin! If you know pretend to know the whole truth of bitcoin the your stupidity will get exposed! You now exposed your stupidity!😂😂😂😂

[@winstonsmiths2449]

@@bahmak2003 WEAK! I will give you another try at being witty and trying to insult. You should be embarrassed by your weak-jawed response.

[@jl3268]

Wrong lol. Go back to school.

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[@joevaldez1009]

I would like to have faith in my leaders but, they are clueless figure heads

[@21Million]

Same thing with NFTs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZCoaISOd52trLM The reason NFTs have value is because they are backed by blood, in other words, blood defines legal framework of laws that backs up NFT value.

[@lennoxbaker4182]

*I* *just* *made* *my* *first* *$20,000* *in* *cryptocurrency* *I'm* *so* *glad* *I'm* *gonna* *have* *a* *successful* *retirement.*

[@scottkarl2514]

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[@lennoxbaker4182]

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[@alanfoss8990]

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[@allroadsleadtobitcoin]

Everybody is so infatuated with this man, I don’t buy it. Bitcoin is peace not war. If you must use an analogy, Bitcoin is armor. Armor that can’t be broken.

[@bahmak2003]

Lol bitcoin miners are projects electric power! If you project power peacefully doesn’t mean it’s not war.😂😂😂

[@jl3268]

Sounds like you read his book. Or just acting like you know something.

[@paul1887]

I really enjoyed that conversation. One thing everyone seems to miss though is the periodicity of X class solar flares, like the Carrington Event of 1859. No one wants to talk about that one. These massive solar flares directed at Earth occur about every 150 years and we're over due for the next one. Covid and climate change suck all the air out of the room every time and we can't have an intelligent conversation about how to protect civilization from something that we absolutely know is going to happen, it's just a matter of time. Tik Tok Think about how many civilizations have been taken out by ice age geomagnetic excursion events. If you don't know about this topic it is by design I promise you that. I love BTC and got my 2 sisters to become bitcoiners, so my family understands at least that part of it, but as usual there is much more to the game of life. Don't kill the messenger please.

[@yrp237]

Which is why we need nodes in Faraday bunkers. I saw a guy recently bought just that exact thing for his family. If he runs a node there, the ledger is secure. This is why the US must take btc seriously & properly protect some number of miners & nodes in underground secure places.

[@n1mbusmusic606]

bitcoin name should be changed. boomers wont pay attention to it mainly because of the name i think.

[@bahmak2003]

Bitpower or bitprotect?😂😂😂

[@westtexashodler2646]

Bitcoin is anarchy.

[@hammerlanecrypto2086]

Bitcoin is freedom

[@ryancarter8034]

I know a hacker that's already stole over 12 bitcoins from others

[@bahmak2003]

Lol I know you’re dumber! Keep up with gold bag holder!😂😂😂

[@prula]

Fed Scammer

[@ryancarter8034]

All can say if Americans knew who's behind bitcoin nobody would buy it

[@bahmak2003]

You know who’s behind bitcoin?😂😂😂

[@tuckerbugeater]

Mit

[@ryancarter8034]

Bricks nations and usa currency will be backed by gold again

[@bahmak2003]

Lol gold is finished in digital future!😂😂😂

[@WhiteThrombus]

Host is lame, but Jason is interesting.

[@ryancarter8034]

Crypto is a scam and if for some reason it sticks will become worse currency